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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1205, 26 February 1880, Page 3

SALES BY AUCTIONSATURDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY. At 12 o'clock. At his New Mart, Thames-street, Opposite Telegraph Office. George Greenfield has received instructions from the Trustee in A. 0. Lee's Estate to sell by public auction, at the above time and place— The whole of the Stock-in-Trade. G.GREENFIELD, 435 Auctidneer. AND FOR SETTLEMENT, AREA OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OPEN FOR SALE IN SOUTHLAND. L 80,015 acres 35,000 acres Under Deferred Payments For Direct Purchase Land coveied with Bush, • which, when cleared, is of superior quality for Agriculture ... 300.000 acres The price of deferred payment land is 25s and 30s an acre. The land is from 20 miles north to 16 miles south of the latitude of the mouth of the Taieri River, and is all from 2 to 38 miles to the northward of the Clutba River at its mouth, Invercargill being 3 miles due south of the latitude of the C utha, the average height above the . sea level The average qua'ity of the soil is equal to any in the Australasian Colonies, and from climatic influences is capable of growing not merely excellent wheat, but first-claps oats and barley, and is peculiarly adapted for raising turnips and artificial grasses, thereby enabling the farmer to _ keep his land in perfect- heart by a rotation of cropping manure his land by feeding off his green crops with sheep and cattle, and ke p him independent of a bad market for any particular cereal. Ail over the district there is firstclass limestone cropping out to fertilise the land when it may require it. Forests-of large extent are scattered over it, providing timbers for building" and fencing, and coal (lignite and the best brown coals) for fuel everywhere obtainable. The district is further intersected by railways, which open up the great valleys of Aparima, Oreti, and Mataura Fivers ; while a loop line from the Invercargill to Kingston Railway dem runs through the ' W aimea Plainß and joins the Invercargill to Dunedin main line at Gore, and a line through the Forest Hill District will be constructed shortly. Thus carriage of produce to the seaboard or market is easy and cheap from any part of it; and timber, lime, and coal, can be distributed all over the country at a minimum cost. The average yield of cereals per acre, taken from the statistics of the Colony for the years 1873 to 1878, as compared with The subjoined tables give the average temperature at Invercargdl, Dunedin, and ChristchUrch, the commerc'al centres of the districts. It may be remarked that Invercargill beingsituated close toFoveaux Straits is exposed to more rainfall and sudden chac ges than the interior of the district, only seven miles due north, where the climate is both drier and warmer, tut along the whole seaboard the land is extremely fertile, and much prized for grass and root crops. The experience of the last few years leads to the conviction that for all-round agriculture the supply of rain by no means exceeds the requirements of the land. This year the thermometer at Invercargill has averaged higher than any part of the Middle Island, and most parts of the North Island, while there has been very considerably less rainfall than in any part of the Colony. AVERAGE TEMPERATTJKE. 1868... 1869... 1870... 1871 ... 1872* 1877 ... Southland. Dunedin. Ohristchurch 48.7 50.9 49.9 50.0 49.6 50.4 50 50.8 50 50.3 51.4 50.3 52 52.7 52.6 52 53.6 52.3 * No observations taken in Southland during 1873 to 1876. WALTER H. PEARSON, Chief Commissioner of Waste Lands 334 Board, Southland. FOR SALE AND TO LET FOR SALE—A small quantity of WASTE PAPER, at this office. Farms upon deferred payMENTS. The New Zealand and Australian Land Company, Limited, are now sub-dividing their magnificent properties in Canterbury, Otago, and Southland, into convenientlysized FARMS, which are open for selection on remarkably EASY TERMS OF PAYMENT. These lands are the earliest selections made in the Colony, were purchased direct from the Crown, and are unsurpassed for soil, climate, and situation. They all front on the main line of railway, and are within a few miles of good shipping ports. For plans and further information, Apply to N. M. & AGENCY CO., Limited, Christchurch, Timaru, and Invercargill ; J. T. FORD & CO., Christchuroh and Timaru ; MACLEAN & STEWART, Timaru; CONNELI. & CLOWES, Oamaru; WRIGHT, STEPHENSON, & CO., Dunedin; MACLEAN BROTHERS, Dunedin; And at the Head Offices of the Com--125 pany, 11, Bond-street, Dunedin. SPORTING CONSULTATION on the REDCASTLE HANDICAP, to be run at Oamaru on the 17th March, 1880. 300 SUBSCRIBERS at £l. The prizes will be divided as follow : Ist Horse ... ... £IOO 2nd do ... ... ••• 60 3rd do ... ... ••• 40 Starters (divided) ... ... 50 Non-Starters (divided) ... 50 £3OO Send Post Office Orders or Registered Letters. Cheques should be crossed, and have Is exchange added. Two postage J. HAKEIS, Box JO, or Star and Garter Hotel, 345 Oamaru.